RIP, Oriana
The utterly unique and seemingly fearless Oriana Fallaci has died.
Charismatic, beautiful, outspoken, iconoclastic, articulate, fiery, controversial, in recent years Fallaci had been battling cancer, but she continued speaking out against Islam’s violent incursions into Europe.
Fallaci never was one to pull her punches. Even though she didn’t get quite as much press as the Pope for it, she was far harder on Islam.
[I will write more later on Fallaci.]
What a courageous person she was….
Rest in peace, Oriana. You fought the good fight.
Gutsy lady. RIP.
She must have been the only woman ever to have taken off her chador in front of Ayatollah Khomeini.
In an interview with Khomeini after the 1979 revolution, she asked him “How do I swim in a chador?” Khomeini’s reply was that she was not obliged to wear one, because it was a garment for proper Islamic women only. She tore off her chador, and Ayatollah Khomeini stalked off :))
Red Violin: By the time I read your comment, I had just written this post on that very subject!
I remember seeing an interview of her.
You have many others, like Atlas Shrugged, carrying on your fight. I hope you may rest in peace, after we are successful.